The New Nelson is Here

Eloise Dorothy has made her appearance. She came a little earlier than expected, but we are so happy to finally meet her. She is a wonderful early Christmas present. She was born on Friday, December 18th at 6:16pm and weighed 5lbs 11oz and was 18.5 inches long.



Aslinn's water broke at 9am on the 18th while she was at home, so Brian came home from work and we packed up the car and made it to the hospital by about 10:45am. We checked into the labor and delivery room and after a little while of walking around contractions started at about 2pm. By 4pm the contractions were getting pretty bad and Aslinn was shaking between contractions. The nurse checked and she was at 4cm. About 45 minutes later, Aslinn requested some pain medication and the doctor suggested that it was time for the epidural. The doctor checked Aslinn's progress and found she was at 7cm almost 8cm and by then Aslinn was really needing that epidural. The nurse anesthetist barely put the epidural in on time, and when he was done Aslinn was almost to 10cm. Eloise dropped her heart for a little while and Aslinn had to put on oxygen, but it came back up while Aslinn pushed. Within 15 minutes Eloise was here and healthy. We are so blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy girl.
Brian was able to stay by Aslinn's side and help her the whole time. He realized that he is stronger than he thought cause he didn't get sick at all and he even got to cut the umbilical cord. Angela arrived to the hospital for a visit about an hour after Eloise was born. She was quite the life saver and she went to Wendy's to get all of us food. I was grateful that Brian didn't have to leave me and I was starving.
On Saturday, Eloise got to meet her cousin Jack when Jon & Erin came to visit. Uncle Arthur & Uncle Alex got to meet Eloise also when they came later that evening.
We came home from the hospital Sunday afternoon and Eloise got to meet her cousin Kate when Mark and Daciana stopped by for a visit. Our first night at home went very well. Eloise is eating and pooping well and she slept good in her bassinet between feeds last night. Grandma is here to visit and we are getting ready for Christmas.

For all those other mothers out there, you may understand, but I had my first postpartum cry today. I just got a little (or a lot) overwhelmed and the little things just kept building up, one of which, I've been trying to post this blog all weekend, and it has just kept messing up. I think I finally got it all figured out though. Thanks to all those celebrating with us for Eloise's arrival.